The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-13
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Of her lovers injuries has rendered
her insane.
In the depot at Chstswortb, and In
the unoccupied store rted asa morsue,
the scene was suggestive Of q slsu ughter
house. Stretched ont on the floors
In d fferent directions were the
corpses Of men, women ard children,
dressed in the clo'bing in which they
had met their death, In the empty
etore, in room twenty feet wide and
forty feet long, were counted twenty.
seven corpees ut one time. Their
clothing was torn and disheveled, and
their sti6ened legs and armS in the
maj 'rity of instances were crossed over
their breasts. The fpcss OF the dead
who slept 30 we're generally straight
ahead. The heads II the dead were
generally msngled In a most fright.
ful manner, and were always covered
by some ticle OF clothing. The face
Of q Young womsn, who was lying on
the floor OF the depot, had ben m
beaten 10 by the crul CIR timbers that
recognition was entirely out Of the
question, and her brains and the flesh
Of her face were pulpy nass in which
daboled or long red hair. She Was
not identified. A man with q h avy
dark moustsche, aud who WIS ap.
parently about thirty. five years Of age,
had been struck In the face by some
substance which had torn away his
Jaw aud the side Of his face, leaving
the throat and lower part Of his face
exposed. A i've year old boy with
A CHUBBY FACE AND cUpLY HAIR
looked contentei and smiling. HE
legs were not alone broken. but the
fssh Sss 90 mangleil that II has the
appearance OF raw beef His chest
was crushed In and bis body covered
with bruises. Nearly every corpse
was mangled or disngured. The face
OF some Of the dead were black 90
though they died by suf cation,
while Others were deadly white.
President Z +. Leonard, Of the To.
ledo, Peoria and Western Company,
said to Q reporter for the Times that
he had made q careful, but neeessari.
ly brief investigation OF the accident,
and could In no way account for II IN.
lees on the presumption that the
bridge was set on frs deliberately by
feeds for the purpose OF wreckiDg
the train and robbing the passengers.
To cay he deplored the accident faint
ly expressed his feelings. President
Leonard came from Spnngfe d in the
sitter aoon, accompanied by Col. John
L Stevens, general solicitor OF the
road. When the dead BODY Of Edwin
+. Adams was searched by one Of bis
friends neither his pocketbook nor
gold watch could be iound, although
he was known to have STATED on tie
trip with large sum Of money. The only
cath found on his person was $50,
which he had id in the watch pocket
OF his trousers. s II. smithers, Of
Forks Haven, W. Va, informed re.
porter tia. be saw q man, who was
pinned down by one Of the cars, OF u
several persons near by 500 and nis
gJli watch aud chain II they would 70,
tease him. The persons 10 whom he ap.
pesled helped him out Of the wreck az
soon IA they had assisted some women
who were caught by timbers.
ruR DISTORTED YRATuRKs,
wide staring eyes and purifying
wounds we're < 4 d at but an insts OF
even by those looking for q Inissins
mother or dsu Ihier. In Few houu
one Of them, q young woman witt
light reddish hair, would be abeolutely y
unrecogn Fable from the effects OF the
hsAt. Close by her, rAised above the
o her soven corpsec in the rooSa, va
ths dead body OF q portly man fup
ported on q couple Of old boIes. III.
ws In bis stocsing feet and coatless
aud vas rapidly decAying. The other
dead men on the platform were In
nearly ~ bad condition. Outside on
the platform n the depot were several
coffins filled with thoee Identified dur.
ipg the night and now awdidng ship.
ment. Toe east end OF the depot was
In even worse confusion than the
west. The hjor coniinutd ttfewn
with unclaimed baggage In an inextri.
cable mix. Little kno.s Of people
were pouring over the broken slch.
els aud masses OF soiled and torn un.
derwear and tInmpery, bringing 10
light here q little infanps gImrnt
and there the cfumpled remains Of q
widow bonnet A llt'le down the road
isa large vacant farniturs store 10
which thirteen cIpses were fostering,
only tix OF which we're M n the Others
being women aud children. Most oi
ih- thirteen had not vet bsen recog.
niz,d by friendS, and their couuts-
nsnces we're 40 muiilatsd aud their
clothing 30 drabbled with dirt and
blood that II 10 doubtful II they ever
can be identified.
ONE PRETTY LITTLE WOMAN,
terribly mapglsd, lay motionless besids
O bsbp, toward which she was partly
turned. Acrots the room was q stal.
wart man, prone on his back, dead,
but with bic right arm still rsised in
agony, and his hst tightly cliDched.
Over In the big schoolhouse two mofs
c)rpses we're still uncof ned, waiting
claimants. Wounded TO the number
OF fifty filed the fire engine house, mp
stsirs and down, and ths same faithful
ladies and girls, who had scare ely
slept since the wreck, sers at the bed.
sldes 90 on yesterday. In addition 10
these, there were al least q score OF la.
ured disthbuted among the private
u eldences OF lhe town, too badly hurt
TO be removed. A lew hours had
scarcely elapsed, however, when the
aspect OF the depot and the other
morgues was completely trsnsiormed.
A large force OF men were tet 10 work
boxing up the dead, forwarding them
TO Peoris, and cleaning ont generally.
They succeeded admirably, and long
before noon had appearances 30